Dear Prayer Partner, February 15, 2011 We are enjoying some warmer weather and the mounds of snow are rapidly disappearing. It is nice not to have to fight freezing water pipes and leaky windows during nights that are now staying above freezing! The two weeks of staying inside has allowed me to do some major reworking of our website. I think you will find it to be a refreshing change. There are still a few pages that will say "under construction" but you will find much more information than was on the old site. Go have a look... http://HopeOnWings.org It is nice that Corrie has arrived and will be joining our team of hard working volunteers. Also we are expecting Blaine Robison to arrive mid week to lend a helping hand for a couple of weeks. It is such encouragement when God sends us mission minded helpers to make the work go faster. There has been progress on the Kitfox project. The engine mount is finished at last and will be in our hands along with the engine just before I get back from Papua New Guinea at the end of March. God has seen fit to provide for my travel tickets and I will be in Papua New Guinea for the month of March. I will be accompanying my sister, Dr. Larose McCluskey as she will be sharing two "Follow The Lamb" seminars, one in Vanimo and one in Madang. My brother Silas Morgan has made the arrangements and will host us while we are there. This news note is specifically to ask for your prayers for the success of this trip. The truths as illustrated in the Sanctuary are especially powerful in demonstrating the plan of salvation and God's amazing love. The enemy does all he can to prevent those who need to hear it from being there and if possible to stop the very meetings from happening. Please pray that God's Spirit will be poured out and that we will be fit representatives of His Kingdom. There are many needs yet that would make this trip more of a blessing to the people. We are taking as many "GodPods" (Mp3 players with Bible recorded for those who are unable to read or see) in the local language as we can. Also we have cassettes and are taking little cassette players from yesteryear to give as gifts and rewards at the children's meetings. The cassettes have Bible stories and the like. If you have an old walkman that you just haven't been able to throw away... now you know why. If you send it to us we will take it along for this great work. While in PNG, I will be looking into the property I put half down on when there in 2007 and assessing what it will take to bring it up to a useable status. I believe that we can finish paying for it for somewhere between $5000 and $6000. This is about a one acre field with a metal clad building right on the airport in Vanimo. It will be invaluable for storing our fuel and other items needed for the aviation program there. It would be nice to be able to finish paying for it while there next month. Another side trip I hope to take while in Vanimo is a short hop into the bush to visit the Green River area where Silas began the work and the people are waiting for a missionary to come and assist them in establishing a church. A generous donor here in the States and others in Australia have taken an interest in the project and another good friend of mine, Gideon Apen, has answered the call to go and do this work. I hope to travel with Silas and Gideon when this work begins. I believe the launch of this project is scheduled to be when we are there. If you are interested in assisting with any aspect of this trip, please mark your gifts "PNG-March-2011" I am humbled when I realize that God touched the heart of a young couple with two small children that has a very small income to give the money for my tickets. I recognize the sacrifice that makes this mission possible and my pledge is that I will do all in the strength God gives me to be sure the money is well spent. I receive such a blessing when I see people respond to God's prompting and willingly give of the means He has entrusted them with. There has been good news on the BushKing front as well. Chris tells me that their first kit for the U.S. has already been shipped and they will soon be in full swing on the first one. As soon as that is done, we will be invited to join them for building the succeeding kits with the South African designer and builder who will be in the States to train the U.S. builders. Chris has taken a real interest in our project and this is a tremendous offer. Please pray that funds will be in place to take advantage of this. I have seen God working in so many ways to forge the relationship with BushKing and the owner, even though he does not profess Christianity, has commented over and over that things are going so much more smoothly than expected. I told him that with hundreds of our prayer supporters praying for the success of this project, He could expect to see some amazing things happening as God blesses this little airplane project! The next miracle we are praying for is that God will touch the hearts of 2 individuals who are flight instructors and airplane mechanics with the inspector rating to join our team. One which will end up as our check pilot and trainer in PNG and the other that will remain in Hepler Kansas to train our future mission pilots. It is not easy for anyone with this level of skill and experience to turn it all over to God and step out in faith on a journey like this. Please join us in prayer that God will find these team members for us. We are not doing the searching but allowing God to bring them to us. This week, the chimney and rock work for the wood stove corner in our little house by the hangar will be done. The weather is finally warm enough to work on masonry. You can't do masonry if it is going to freeze before it is set up. Once that is done and we can heat the place we can begin doing some sheetrock work. Our hope is to make the place so we can at least camp in it by April so Ray and Crystal can get moved over here. Once I get back from PNG, we will be going into full swing towards finishing the Kitfox and getting it in the air. It would be wonderful if a fiberglass specialist would come give us a hand in developing the cowling as that will be our most challenging work during the final phase. Chris Visage' from BushKing plans to come out and do a thorough check on our work before we take to the air. He also wants pictures so he can promote his engine kit for the Kitfox. He has really been helpful during this whole process. For anyone wishing to lend a hand this Spring, here are some of the projects that are on the to-do list:
Bring a tent or RV and camp right here on the grounds and enjoy a working vaction! Sincerely, Jack Sample Director Hope On Wings Foundation 620-670-4475 Our Mandate God's people have a mighty work before them, a work that must continually rise to greater prominence. Our efforts in missionary lines must become far more extensive. A more decided work than has been done must be done prior to the second appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. God's people are not to cease their labors until they shall encircle the world.--6T 23, 24 Specific needs: Increased Prayer Team - Send website link to friends and invite them to join the newsletter list. Tell them to watch the video More Ambassadors March PNG Trip: Funds for materials to take along and for flight into Green River BushKing: Initial $35,000 for kit (estimate $75,000 for completed) Sharing Project: 1000 DVDs and brochures for Ambassadors - $1400 David Hicks: Airplane - $75,000 launch - $25,000 (includes shipping airplane) Monthly - $7500 (Training costs come out of monthly while in States) Corrie Sample: -Airplane - $75,000 launch - $25,000 (includes shipping airplane) Monthly - $7500 (Training costs come out of monthly while in States) Flight Instructors / mechanics - monthly to be determined Home Office - monthly expenses Vanimo base Click on this link to read this and past newsletters on the website. http://HopeOnWings.org/news.html Click Here to make tax deductible donation online This is where you can easily set up an automatic $10 or more monthly deduction from your account or do a one time donation of any size. OR.... Send tax deductible donations by check payable to: Hope On Wings Foundation PO BOX 122 Hepler, KS 66746 Hope on Wings Foundation is a tax exempt 501C3 organization. |
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Upcoming Trip to Papua New Guinea
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